James van Hoften
American - ( NASA)
Retired
Date of Birth: June 11, 1944
Age: 75
James Dougal Adrianus "Ox" van Hoften, Ph.D. is an American civil and hydraulic engineer, retired U.S. Navy officer and aviator, and a former astronaut for NASA.
Space Shuttle Challenger / OV-099 | STS-41-C
Lockheed Space Operations Company | USAKennedy Space Center, FL, USA
Feb. 3, 1984, 1:58 p.m.
Status: Success
Mission: Unknown
STS-41-C was the eleventh mission of the shuttle program and fifth mission for Space Shuttle Challenger. It marked the first time a shuttle performed a direct ascent. Its mission was to capsule the Solar Max Satellite and repair it whilst in orbit.
Low Earth Orbit
Space Shuttle Discovery / OV-103 | STS-51-I
United Space Alliance | USAKennedy Space Center, FL, USA
Aug. 27, 1985, 10:58 a.m.
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration is an independent agency of the executive branch of the United States federal government responsible for the civilian space program, as well as aeronautics and aerospace research. NASA have many launch facilities but most are inactive. The most commonly used pad will be LC-39B at Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
Long March 4
Gaofen-12
Launch Complex 9 - Taiyuan, People's Republic of ChinaGaofen is a series of civilian Earth observation satellites developed and launched for the China High-definition Earth Observation System (CHEOS), ...
PSLV-XL
Cartosat-3 & others
Satish Dhawan Space Centre Second Launch Pad - Sriharikota, Republic of IndiaCartosat-3 is an advanced remote sensing satellite with high resolution imaging capability developed by ISRO. It's designed as a follow-on to the C...
Ariane 5 ECA
TIBA-1 & Inmarsat-5 F5 (Global Xpress-5)
Ariane Launch Area 3 - Kourou, French GuianaTIBA-1 is a geostationary communications satellite for the Government of Egypt developed jointly by Thales Alenia Space (TAS) and Airbus. TAS, the ...
Soyuz 2-1v
Kosmos 2542
43/4 (43R) - Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian FederationThis is a military inspector satellite, capable of monitoring other satellites in orbit. Its payload also allows for Earth observation activities.
Long March 3B / YZ-1
Beidou-3 M21 & M22
Launch Complex 2 (LC-2) - Xichang Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of ChinaThese two satellites will be used to provide global navigation coverage as part of the Chinese Beidou (Compass) satellite navigation system.
